{"id":12457,"date":"2025-03-24T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=12457"},"modified":"2025-03-28T08:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T08:55:54","slug":"how-to-redefine-home-care-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/home-care\/how-to-redefine-home-care-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"How to redefine home care in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-12458\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/24142448\/vicky-1742826288-PHIL-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/24142448\/vicky-1742826288-PHIL-010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/24142448\/vicky-1742826288-PHIL-010-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Philomena Donnelly<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Head of Marketing, Bluebird Care Ireland<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Creating person-centred care plans is a core tenet to effectively delivering bespoke care to people in their home environment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensuring people get the right care to enable them to stay in their home environment sits at the heart of services provided by home care specialists at Bluebird Care Ireland. With fully qualified care assistants and nurses, it offers the \u2018complete repertoire\u2019 of support, from complex to paediatric care, as well as basic help for older people across Ireland.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-personalised-nurse-led-home-care\"><strong>Personalised, nurse-led home care<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Philomena Donnelly is Head of Marketing for Bluebird Care in Ireland. Acknowledging that her introduction to the organisation came because of family circumstances and the need for in-home care support, she says: \u201cGiving our loved ones the choice, to receive the highest standards of care within their own home environment, lies at the very heart of the incredible healthcare services provided by Bluebird Care Ireland. Our incredible healthcare teams are passionate about\u00a0delivering bespoke care, designed to suit the very needs of each of our families and their loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It is about making sure that you <br>get the care that is right for you <br>within the environment you are in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-difference-bluebird-care-teams-are-making-across-ireland-nbsp\"><strong>The difference Bluebird Care teams are making across Ireland&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Philomena states: \u201cFor 30 years, I have worked across iconic brands nationwide, and I am now delighted to support the enormous contribution that the Bluebird Care team continues to make across Ireland. Every family and community in Ireland has been touched by the need of expert care for a loved one. For me, I was really taken with the fact that Bluebird Care offers families the choice to receive that care within their own homes. The whole premise is built upon the fact that every individual and home is a unique environment, and expert care should always reflect that.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluebird Care tailors care around an individual\u2019s unique needs, with circumstances and risk assessments and a bespoke care plan that puts people in control of their care to enable them to remain at home. \u201cIt is about making sure that you and your loved ones receive the expert care that is customised within the environment you are in,\u201d she adds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Having had the pleasure of meeting a vast range of the Bluebird Care various teams and network, I am enthused by their absolute dedication to the provision of that expert care. This is a person-centred, customer-focused team, making real differences across communities in Ireland. For me, it is an honour to contribute towards that legacy. For us all at Bluebird Care, we understand that \u2018It\u2019s good to be home\u2019.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-button ab-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluebirdcare.ie\/\" class=\"ab-button ab-button-shape-rounded ab-button-size-medium fb-pixel\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#161c4d\">Click here to learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating person-centred care plans is a core tenet to effectively delivering bespoke care to people in their home environment. 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